Oven-rack.



E. BROWN.

OVEN RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JU LY n. 1914.

Patented May30, 1916.

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Patented May 30, 1916.

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fliwwii wimeomo V V In the form of the EDWIN. BROWN, OF onns'rna, PENNSYLVANIA.

' OVEN-RACK,

To all whom it may can rom:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BROWN, a citizen of the United States residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Oven-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to in'iprovel'nents in oven racks and has particular application'to an adjustable rack.

In carrying out the'present invention, it

is my purpose to provide a rack of the class combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and falling within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying"drawings; Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through an oven equipped with a rack constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a view inside elevation of one ofthe'ba rs of therack removed from the oven. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the bar. f

invention illustrated the oven rack comprises avnumber of vertical bars 2 disposed upon each side of the oven within'the latter. The inner side of each vertical bar 2 is formed with a series of horizontal grooves 3 .alining with the grooves in the remainingbars and spaced apart vertically. A number of the vertical bars 2 are disposed within the oven along each side wall thereof and appropriately spaced apart and the bars at one side of the oven aline with those at the opposite side and cooperate therewith to form sup ports. 7 ployed for maintaining the bars within the oven in proper relative positions.

Capable of sliding movement into and Specification of Letters Patent.

Any suitable means may be em- Patented May 30, 1916.

Application filed Iulyll, 1914. Serial No. 850,383.

out of the alining grooves Within the verti-.

cal bars 2 and interchangeably associated Wlllh SllCll grooves are trays 4. Reference being made particularly to Fig. 1 it will be noticed that each tray t is provided at its 4 corners with rounded edges 4:, it being remembered that the tray is made of such a thickness as to fit snugly in the grooves of the bars 4 so as to remain tightly in position. The advantage of rounding the corner edges of the tray will be manifest when it 1s desired to quickly insert the tray into the grooves for if the corners were rectangu lar they could ordinarily abut against the inner edges of; the gr ooves of the bars which would prevent the tray being quickly slid into position. But as the corners are rounded they act as beveled surfaces which will make any corner of the tray glide away su'fliciently from the walls of the oven rack to make it engage the inner edges of the grooves of the bars which are secured to said walls. whereby the opposite longitudinal edgesof'the tray will be spaced from the wall.

In order that the trays will be guided into the proper groovesin the bars at therear of those at the front of'the oven, I employ guide bars 6 "arranged at the rear of the supporting bars 2 at the forward endof. the

oven and formed with grooves 7 alining with the grooves in the supportingbars and designed to guide the trays into the grooves in the rear supporting bars. The guide bars 6 are spaced apart from the forward vertical bars 2 a short distance so that the grooves therein cooperate with the grooves in the bars 2 to form, in effect, a continuous way whereby the trays are held against vibration and in a horizontal plane While the same are being inserted in the oven.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with' the accompanying draw ings, the constructionand' manner of em-- I ploying my improvedoven rack will bereadily apparent.

It will be seen that the'trays maybe spaced apart vertically from eachother any desired distance. I

Iclaimz' g In a devio'eof the class described in combination an oven rack, a plurality of vertical bars secured upon opposite walls of said oven rack in spaced apart relation, said bars being formed with e series of horizontal of such thickness as to fit snugly in the grooves, the grooves of the several bars besaid grooves. l 10 ing in alinement, a tray having rounded In testimony whereof I aflix my signature corners, said tray adapted to be slid into in presence of two witn.

any of said grooves of all of said bars and EDWIN BROWN. having its rounded corners adapted to guide Witnesses:

said tray into the grooves and away from WILLIAM HENRY BROWN,

the inner edges of the bars, said tray being ISABELL Bnowx.

cm of this patent my be obtained tor the cents each, by addressing the con-mun: or have. Wuhlngton, D. 0." 

